𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 The Strasburg Railroad kicked off thi... (more)

The first order of C40-8s came in the so-called 'Stealth' scheme, but this ragged ex-L&N U23B goes the new GEs one better, with pretty much nothing except the road number intruding on its weathere... (more)

Cartier RS18 68 rests at the shop

With a fresh crew on board, mine run X758 sits under the loadout at the Creech Mine on a blazing summer afternoon preparing to flood load the first 30 cars of a 60 car train.

Elephant style, Central Maine & Quebec 9010 North is passing through the town of Farnham.

Led by Amtrak's Phase III heritage unit, the Lakeshore Limited accelerates up to track speed after their station stop in Erie, passing by the CSX yard where the local crew has just gone on duty. T... (more)

Flexi-Vans were an early form of intermodal containerized freight handling that was adopted in the 1960s by the New York Central and a few other railroads, utilizing specialized highway boxes and ... (more)

The Eastbound Empire Builder passes the famous Izaak Walton Inn just before making the flag stop at Essex station. The inn was built in 1939 by the Great Northern Railway to house workers on this ... (more)

Backwards-running Providence & Worcester GP38-2 2008 and a GE mate lead the daily Worcester-Gardner job north on a summer day. Based on my 35-year-old notes I think the location is somewhere near ... (more)

Another late-running New England Central Railroad train 324 heads south with an extremely well-timed patch of sun south with SD40M-2s 3474, 3405, and 3475. The head end of the train is granite th... (more)

Rods Down and Rods Down!

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world. Between 1941 and 1944 the American Locomot... (more)

From August 9, 2019, the diesel shop or barn 2. From the left, BN-3 (EMD E9AM) and SLRG 102 (EMD E9B) are coming into station 2. On track 21 whe have the METX 308 (EMD F7A), next on track 22 the C... (more)

At the turn of the 20th Century, Chattanooga found itself playing a critical role in connecting the north with the south. By 1906 Chattanooga felt the need for a consolidated terminal as its two e... (more)

With a blizzard like this, it's a sure thing that local groceries have sold-out all bottled water, milk, bread, etc to panicked residents hoping to somehow make it through this trial.